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Archive for March, 2008

Most influential South African VC – Roelof Botha

Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Carel

Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital

Roelof Frederik Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the most influential VC firms in the world. Sequoia has the highest rating on TheFunded website of 3.9. Here is his bio from the Sequoia website: Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on services and software investments. Prior to joining [...]

Little-known facts about South Africa

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by Carel

Filed under Life, South Africa

Juluka is a monthly magazine published in the US and according to its editors: a magazine embracing South Africa and her people. Btw, Juluka is a Zulu word and it means, “sweat”. It is also the name of a well-known South African band led by Johnny Clegg.In the March 2008 on Juluka magazine is a list of interesting [...]

What do you want to be remembered for?

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Carel

Filed under Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life

I’m sure that you’ve noticed by now that I am a big fan of Guy Kawasaki. I really like his practical, let’s get it done attitude. His Art of the Start book is one of the best business books around. Read it! The last chapter of Guy’s book is on being a Mensch or “What [...]

21 Top tips for writing a corporate blog

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Carel

Filed under Blogging

OK, I assume you know that this is Robert Scobler‘s list of 21 tips for writing a corporate blog. It’s called the The Corporate Weblog Manifesto and he wrote it in February 2003. It’s still valid today. You can download the manifesto from changethis.com. Btw, Scrobleizer launched his new channel, ScobleizerTV today. Guy Kawasaki always [...]